Month: February 2012

The Ovia Integrated Power Reserve by Sophie Wijaya is created for regions in the developing world that still experience frequent power cuts and shortage. Since a lack of electricity directly leads to loss of productivity after sunset and proves to be a big hindrance for small businesses, people at home as well as children who need to study. Most of these people have traditionally relied on fuel-based lighting options though they are generally considered bad for health because of the toxic fumes they produce and tend to be a financial burden since the fuel required to use them is often costly.

Last decade has witnessed bounteous solar powered technologies and gadgets. Raging from solar powered cellphones to automobiles, batteries to watches, new products are launched every now and then to keep you awestruck. Adding to the catalog is the Power Dock unveiled at this year’s Mobile World Congress, created by the collaboration of Intivation and A-Solar. This docking station has been created specifically for iPads and iPhones and runs completely on solar energy.

Created by designer Ro Brady, the MedPod is a revolutionary new medical device that can eliminate the problem of patients missing doses of their prescribed medicine or failing to take them at specified times or in specified amounts. The portable device allows patients to customize the intake of medicine and pre-sort all their medicine into prescribed doses for the day.

Though SantÉlia is situated at the southern point of Cagliari, it is disconnected from rest of the region. Apart from geographical impediments like canyons, there are many reasons why the area is cut off from rest of the land mass. Firstly, it has earned a bad name for its notoriety. Additionally, the social housing project of the 1970s also earned a bad reputation. But a restorative project, that might change all this, is on its way.

Cycling gear should be rugged to keep you out of harm’s way. So this nifty piece, which fits in many more functions apart from just keeping you safe, will leave cyclists awestruck. The cozy jacket does more than just protect you from the gusty wind and biting cold. The smashing piece is tough and fits in functions that make biking swiftly safe and easy.

The idea of Sine Chair emerged from the creative mind of Kent Madden, a graduate of Mechanical Design at SAIT Polytechnic. Adept at industrial design and graphic design, he created the chair for musicians who yearn for a small, soothing open seat to practice or write their music. The chair’s concept was derived from the curvilinear shape of a sine wave, which is why it has a very unique outline. Another reason is to increase the level of comfort an individual experiences in the chair, providing a casual relaxation zone for the person.

Here’s a product that looks awesome on paper but in real life, using it is probably going to turn your brain to fudge. The reason why we say this is because though this nice mouse claims to make gaming and computing simpler by allowing users to use intuitive wrist and hand movements to make PC gaming a breeze. And even though the glove mouse comes with a pause button, the company hasn’t unveiled any features that assure us that the glove mouse wont register inputs when you accidentally use your predominant hand for common unmindful bodily responses like holding your hand up to your face when you sneeze or bringing your hand up to your eye when something suddenly falls in your eye or even when someone standing behind hands you something and you immediately reach out with your predominant hand to accept it.